Spiritual Growth 6. Its Seasonableness I "To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven. . . . He hath made everything beautiful in his time" (Eccl. 3:1, 11). If the whole of these eleven verses be read consecutively it will be seen that they furnish a full outline of... Read More
Ere developing the theme of this verse let us comment on its terms. “If any”: the duty enjoined is for all who would join Christ’s followers and enlist under His banner. “If any will”: the Greek is very emphatic, signifying not only the consent of the will, but full purpose of heart, a determined re... Read More
The Redeemer’s Return THE FACT OF THE REDEEMER’S RETURN Chapter 3 "I will come again and receive you unto Myself; that where I am there ye may be also" John 14:3 It has been pointed out by another that the New Testament is concerned mainly with the presentation of three great facts: first, that the ... Read More
"Learn of Me, for I am meek and lowly of heart. "-Matt. xi. 29. "Whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant, even as the Son of Man came to server." Matt.10:27. We have seen humility in the life of Christ, as He laid open His heart to us: let us listen to His teaching. There we shall... Read More
"Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven."--Matt. 18:3 "Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not enter therein."--Mark 10:15 The passage from Matthew stand... Read More
To the Editors of The Independent 12 December 1850 [Published in the "Foreign Correspondence" column of The Independent (New York), 17 April 1851. p. 61. It was also published the same day in The New-York Evangelist, 17 April 1851, p. 64, with part of one paragraph omitted, and a few other minor var... Read More
Luke 2:41-52 This is Sanctity Life Sunday, the tenth anniversary of the legalisation of abortion in South Africa. According to official figures more than 600,000 children have been legally murdered by abortion since its legalisation on 1Feb 1997. Only an evil woman will kill her own child, and only ... Read More
Selected Verses: Matthew 11:29. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. Philippians 2:5. Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus. Luke 14:26. If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife... Read More
Matthew chapter 18 MATTHEW 18:1-14 In that hour the disciples came to Jesus, saying, "Who then is greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven?" Jesus called a little child to himself, and set him in the midst of them, and said, "Most certainly I tell you, unless you turn, and become as little children, you wi... Read More
(5) Let me ask, in the fifth place, whether we know anything by experience of conversion to God. Without conversion there is no salvation. \"Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall never enter the kingdom of heaven.\"-- \"Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom ... Read More
Spiritual Growth 6. Its Seasonableness
The Cross and Self
The Fact of the Redeemer's Return
In the Teaching of Jesus
The Child-Like Spirit an Essential Condition of Entering Heaven
The Editors of The Independent
The humanity of Jesus Christ
Talk on Humility (“Ye shall be as gods.” That was not Christ’s ambition.)
Matthew chapter 18
Practical Religion - Self-Inquiry (Part 4)